Psychedelic/progressive hardrock from Italy! Magia Nera was founded in 1969 and remained active til' 1973. One of the reasons for the band to break up was that the members were discouraged after their van caught fire, destroying the tapes that were recorded for the debut-album. Some 44 years later most of the musicians got back together to re-record the old material, thus making the dream of Magia Nera (in English that is Black Magic) come true after all. The band's influences include(d) a.o. Hendrix, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin.